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Good Cheer is an installation of wallpaper that is composed of snapshot photographs of cheerleaders performing routine stunts that flaunt their briefs.  This type of photograph, a young girl in uniform with one leg up in the air, has a duel connotation of family values and pornography all in one image.  Good Cheer surrounds the viewer in this paradox of ethical ambiguity.
 

Good Cheer, Detail

Good Cheer, Pattern

Good Cheer Installation at Nathan Larramendy Gallery 2006

Good Cheer Installation at San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art 2007

Rara Avis is a series of works composed of found snapshot photographs of real pink
flamingos that are discernibly reminiscent of their retro plastic counter-part, the lawn ornament.  I have found that one of the most common snapshots taken of a wading flamingo, indeed, to be the profile of the bird's long, soft, curved neck and down-bent bill.  This particular collection of photographs led me to wonder, is it possible that an item of now historical kitsch might influence the picture taking of the real, live thing? After all, Americans are much more familiar with the nature of the stylized, florescent version, than the actual bird itself.

Rara Avis Wallpaper 1, Detail

Rara Avis Wallpaper 1, Pattern

Rara Avis Installation at Fine Silver Gallery. Houston, TX, 2007

Rara Avis Installation at Queens Nail Annex. San Francisco, CA, 2007

Rara Avis Wallpaper 2, Detail

Rara Avis Wallpaper 2, Pattern

Rara Avis Installation at John Michael Kohler Art Center San Francisco, CA, 2008